Home completions up 1.4% in Poland in first 10 months of 2022: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 1.4 percent more homes in the first 10 months of this year than in the same period in 2021, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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Around 188,800 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of October, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Wednesday.

It added that the number of housing starts from January to October, at around 178,300 in total, was 25.3 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to preliminary data, 188,800 dwellings were completed in the period January-October 2022, 1.4% more than a year ago. The usable floor area of completed dwellings amounted to 17.6 million m2 (+ 1.0% YoY). https://t.co/jFKQm7g2AB#StatisticsPoland #construction #houses pic.twitter.com/slPzISJvRY

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 23, 2022

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 3.9 percent in October in year-on-year terms, while rising 4 percent month on month, Statistics Poland also reported.

According to preliminary data, in October 2022, construction and assembly production in constant prices was by 3.9% higher (YoY) and was by 4.0% higher as compared to September 2022. https://t.co/I5ddblnv3h #GUS #statistics #construction pic.twitter.com/xFFwmahnEz

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 23, 2022

Around 235,000 new homes were built in Poland last year, 6.3 percent more than in 2020, according to the statistical office.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl